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Man thats awesome! Im in Tinley Park and would love to have something like this for the winter!

Man thats awesome! Im in Tinley Park and would love to have something like this for the winter!

Thank you darkness. How did your black barley wine turn out? Care to share recipe?

This is awesome, can I ask how many you guys have? I was wondering if I should tell my friends an pick up 4 or so. If there isn't a lot I'm gonna keep it on the DL.

I just made a pumpkin porter Saturday, four small pumpkins and two cans. I didn't use rice hulls and had no problems using my cooler with turbo screen. I say go for it.

Well, any thoughts? Anyone?

I made a porte Saturday evening and I want to add some vanilla bean. I also want to add some brown sugar. My question is should I hold off on the van bean for two weeks taste it and if it needs add more spices pumpkin and the van bean then? I'm going to wait till it slows a little to add 1lb of...

I want to make a pumpkin porter tomorrow, will be going to get ingredients in a couple hours. Anyone have a great recipe for an imperial porter that will get me around the 10%abv range? and suggesting on spicing the pumpkin would be helpful as well. thanks

Yeah just like a jockey box for hot wort.

I currently have an immersion chiller, thats the copper I tubbing I was going to use. The immersion chiller doesn't chill as fast as I would like it to. Thats why I would like to run the hot wort through a cold bath. The thing is, is it safe to run the hot wort thru the copper? Do I have to...

I have an idea I wanted to run past you guys and see what you think. I want to take copper tubbing (20' of 5/8) put it into a cool and drill one hole in high in the side for hot in and one low for cool out. Put high temp silicone tube in and out and put sanitary fittings on the ends. Connect the...

I'm thinking I should just go ahead and take two beans slice down the middle and throw them in with the oak chips? Maybe two tablespoons of coffee as well?

If I wanted to add vanilla been to this when should I have done it? Or can I still do it, it was brewed a week andnd a half ago. I added the cherries last Friday one week into fermentation. I will add the bourbon soaked oak chips this Friday and let it sit for two weeks.

I just read a whole thread about it. No I didn't check but I will from now on. So what if it turns black from not being fully converted? What would be the next step?

How do I check for full conversion?